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The Highland Council has published its March 2023 Development Plans Newsletter, which outlines how and when people can get involved in shaping future development plans across Highland. Chair of the council’s Economy and Infrastructure Committee, Councillor Ken Gowans, said: “Our latest D

Wall insulation improvements are to continue in West Lothian in an effort to tackle energy costs and fuel poverty. HEEPS: ABS funding is provided by the Scottish Government to all councils to deliver energy efficiently improvement works, with a focus on solid wall insulation, to privately owned

Tenants in more than 300 Osprey Housing homes across Aberdeenshire and Moray are benefitting from a £120,000 loft insulation programme now underway. The upgrades have been made possible by the Scottish Government’s Low Carbon Infrastructure Transition Programme’s Social Housing Net

New discretionary charges for East Lothian Council’s Planning Service have now come into force. Agreed by the council's cabinet last month, the new charges came into force on 1st April.

Construction has begun on 12 homes in the village of Broadford, Isle of Skye to help address affordable housing challenges.

House prices in Scotland continued to rise in March 2023, but at the slowest rate since June 2020, according to the latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Residential Market Survey.

Cala Homes (North) has begun work on a new development of homes at Burnland, Westhill.

Housing and homelessness charity Shelter Scotland, alongside six sector partners, have co-produced a report that sets out the key findings of The Homeless Rights Advocacy Project’s Practitioner Forum.

Fast-growing archaeology & heritage consultancy Rocket Heritage & Archaeology has unveiled the appointment of Dr Peter Klemen as principal archaeology consultant for Scotland. Dr Klemen will be based at the group’s newly opened Dundee office. He brings with him over 20 years’ exp

Housing Growth Partnership and PfP Capital have announced a £390 million joint venture (JV) which will see 400 sustainable new homes built at a former Diageo distillery in Glasgow.

In addition to Cala Group’s existing target of net-zero operational emissions by 2030, the housebuilder has now received validation as part of Legal & General from the Science Based Target initiative (SBTi) for its target of a 42% absolute reduction in Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emi

Glasgow City Council has approved in principle the recommencement of negotiations on the off-market disposal of the former Davislea care home in Drumoyne to Linthouse Housing Association. Subject to the site proving viable after a feasibility study is carried out, the disposal will allow new af

The SHARE team have been delighted by the generosity of their delegates with the ever-popular raffle featuring as part of the SHARE Annual Conference, held this year at the Westerwood Hotel and Spa. SHARE selects a charity each year that will benefit from the event.

Cruden Homes has started working to deliver more than 120 homes in the heart of East Calder in West Lothian.

Six new flats in a courtyard behind Buccleuch Street in Dalkeith, part of an ambitious energy-efficient council housing programme, are expected to be welcoming their new council tenants in the autumn.